scams

Online Holiday Scams are Upon Us

Scammers are setting up fake online shops that impersonate legitimate ones. The perpetrators ensure that these stores are easy to… Read More

2 years ago

"Free Steam game" scams on TikTok are Among Us

The scammers are claiming to offer up free versions of the incredibly popular Among Us game. However, they also claim… Read More

3 years ago

Europol Nabs 106 Italian Mafia Members for SIM Swapping, BEC Scams, Phishing

The suspects defrauded hundreds of victims through phishing attacks and other types of online fraud before laundering the money through… Read More

3 years ago

FBI: $113 million lost to online romance scams this year

The scammers behind this type of online fraud trend (also known as confidence fraud) use fake online identities to gain… Read More

3 years ago

We Could Start Seeing Some Hurricane Ida-related Investment Scams

People should be wary to ask anyone approaching them with an investment opportunity if they’re licensed and if their investment… Read More

3 years ago

Cryptocurrency payments to scams outpace ransomware jackpots in Eastern Europe, Chainalysis finds

Between December 2019 and August 2021, users sent over $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to Finiko, a Russia-based Ponzi-scheme whose… Read More

3 years ago

US military personnel defrauded into losing $822m through scams

The researchers examined data compiled by the US FTC. They discovered that $484.4 million was lost by military families and… Read More

3 years ago

DeFi scams go from zero to $129 million in a year to become top financial hack

Atlas VPN analyzed financial hacks over the last two-and-a-half years and found that DeFi hacks represent 76% of all major… Read More

3 years ago

Google Docs Scams Still Pose a Threat

In research presented at the Defcon security conference this month, a researcher found workarounds that attackers could potentially use to… Read More

3 years ago

What is Vishing and How Can You Avoid Phone Call Scams? by Peter Baltazar

The world has become a dangerous place with the ever-evolving forms of cyberattacks. With the advancement in security technologies, the… Read More

3 years ago

Malicious Actors Employ Impersonation Scams to Infect Users with Flubot Malware

Malicious hackers are impersonating delivery services and sending phishing text messages to Britons to trick them into downloading Flubot malware,… Read More

3 years ago

FTC Issued a Warning About Phishing Scams Involving Unemployment Benefits

 Americans should be skeptical of text messages appearing to be from their state workforce agency, according to the Federal Trade… Read More

3 years ago

Vigilance Needed: Financial Services Firms Fight Imposter Scams

The warning, issued by the FBI and the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) last week comes on… Read More

3 years ago

Scam-baiting YouTube channel Tech Support Scams taken offline by tech support scam

The Tech Support Scams YouTube channel has been erased from existence as host and creator Jim Browning fell victim to… Read More

3 years ago

Hackers Exploit the COVID-19 Pandemic for Cyber Scams

While the world is busy fighting the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), cyber attackers are misusing this global crisis for their phishing… Read More

3 years ago

Global Scamdemic: Scams Become Number One Online Crime

According to Group-IB, fraud accounts for 73% of all online attacks. 56% are scams that result in the victims disclosing… Read More

3 years ago